Month: January 2021

After a fascist mob was allowed to take over the U.S. Capitol, Trump’s attempts to overturn the election can’t be dismissed as a clown show. It should have been obvious weeks before. Wisconsin showed how […]

Los hombres desempleados vendieron manzanas durante la Gran Depresión. Noventa años después, muchas aceras de la ciudad están llenas de comerciantes informales que intentan vender comida, ropa y equipo de protección personal. ¿Por qué estos […]

Jail Trump, his fascist mob, and killer cops  The storming of the U.S. Capitol by white supremacists incited by President Trump, which temporarily halted the certification vote, had to have the collusion of multiple federal […]

Below is an excerpt from an article by Sam Marcy, a leading Marxist thinker and fighter of the second half of the 20th century. It was written shortly after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in 1981 — […]

“Wall Street sets new highs to end 2020,” the Associated Press reported on Jan. 1, 2021.  “Wall Street closed out a tumultuous year for stocks with more record highs on Thursday, a fitting coda to […]

Jan. 1 — Millions of renters and homeowners received a last-minute reprieve when President Donald Trump finally signed the (pitiful, inadequate) congressional stimulus bill on Dec. 27 after several days’ delay. The measure extended the […]